Haru yo koi
1994
A successful screenwriter looks back on her life when she learns her husband has cancer. A year-long series, st...
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Acting
Chikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima (淡島 千景, Awashima Chikage, born Keiko Nakagawa, 24 February 1924 – 16 February 2012) was a Japanese film and stage actress. Her stage name drew inspiration from Japanese poetry, and her legacy continues to resonate within the world of entertainment.
A graduate from Takarazuka Music and Dance School and member of the Takarazuka Revue, Chikage Awashima entered the Shochiku film studios and made her film debut in 1950. She appeared in films of numerous prominent directors like Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita, Tadashi Imai and Heinosuke Gosho. She received the Blue Ribbon Award twice and the Mainichi Film Award twice for her performances.
Awashima retired from stage in 2009. She died on 16 February 2012, aged 87, from cancer.
Filmography
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Akō Rōshi
1964
star 7.5
"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit suicide after atte...
Life of a Flower
1963
star 7.0
The story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke.
Imo Tako Nankin
2006
star 10.0
The series takes place in 1962 Osaka. Hanaoka Machiko, 37, is single and works at a hardware store in Osaka Cit...
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
1982
In this gripping period drama, Matsudaira Ukon, the younger brother of the 11th Tokugawa Shogun Ienari, lives i...
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
star 8.1
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief...
Omoi Bashi
1973
A human drama that unfolds around a Japanese restaurant-inn
Red Storm
1979
Police officer Ohno Makoto discovers a lady covered in blood at Shinobazu Pond in Ueno. Feeling sorry for her,...
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
star 7.5
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested b...
Metamorphosis
1986
star 5.1
A sensuous movie based on a literary work. Hitomi Kuroki stars as the film’s heroine.
Early Spring
1956
star 7.5
A young salaryman and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he embarks...
Early Summer
1951
star 7.8
In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, he...
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
star 6.3
A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult...
Girls of the Night
1961
star 6.5
In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new re...
The King
1962
star 8.0
The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori s...
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
1960
star 7.0
Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle...
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
star 6.2
Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a cour...
Four Sisters
1962
star 6.0
A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their...
Summer Clouds
1958
star 7.6
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview he...
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
star 7.0
During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis...
Marital Relations
1955
star 5.6
Ryukichi, the pampered heir to a cosmetics wholesaler, abandons his wife and child to pursue a scandalous affa...
Born in Sin
1962
star 9.0
A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.
An Actor's Revenge
1959
star 6.0
Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who plays female...
Until the Lights Come Back
2005
star 6.4
A Christmas Eve power outage provides a collection of troubled Tokyo denizens the opportunity to come clean on...
Haru's Journey
2010
star 6.5
Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a trip Tadao i...
Restoration Fire
1961
star 7.0
Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s...
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
star 6.5
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
The Maid Story
1963
star 10.0
Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry...
A Woman's Life
1955
The film adaptation of Yuzo Yamamoto's novel tells the story of the difficult fate of a single mother in pre-wa...
Ôban
1957
star 9.0
A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of fou...
I Lived, But...
1983
star 6.8
An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from...
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
star 9.0
Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four)...
The Friends
1994
star 7.2
A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an ecc...
Aces Wild
1961
star 8.0
Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descenda...
Hana no shôgai
1953
In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed i...
Tatsu
1962
star 7.0
1962 Japanese movie